When Richard Rorty turned 75 last October, no symposia, conferences, or Festschriften marked the occasion. Such academic nods require true-believing disciples. Philosophy as a discipline spawns them ...

Richard Rorty, the eminent public intellectual and Stanford University professor who resuscitated American pragmatism with groundbreaking work that urged philosophers to give up the illusory pursuit ...

Richard Rorty, the pragmatist philosopher who died last week at the age of 75, was by all accounts a soft-spoken and self-effacing man, but he generated more than his share of scholarly brawls. “It is ...

In 2004, the American pragmatist philosopher Richard Rorty delivered his Page-Barbour lectures under the title Philosophy as Poetry. This title beautifully reflects an important aspect of Rorty’s ...

A brilliant, humane scholar. A public intellectual in the finest sense, and a profound influence on the way I think about politics, long-time Nation contributor Richard Rorty has died. By signing up, ...

Pragmatist philosopher Richard Rorty died on Friday, according to a report by Stanford University. He was 75 years of age and succumbed to complications relating to pancreatic cancer. Born in New York ...

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